"What Did the Prophet Isaiah Say About Jesus? "
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Chris Huntley
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Was the prophet Isaiah pointing to the coming of the messiah, seven centuries before Jesus? Since the beginning of Christianity, his followers have claimed that he did; and some passages of the ancient prophet certainly seem to be advanced notices of what would happen in Jesus's life and death.
If these are not predictions of Jesus, how can they be understood? If they do reflect his story, how can that be explained?
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus has been seen as fulfilling various prophecies from the Old Testament for an extremely long time. |
| 0:07.0 | It's one of the reasons that we know he's the Son of God, and not just a wandering preacher |
| 0:11.0 | who got a little too big for his boots. The Book of Isaiah is often pointed to as one of those |
| 0:16.4 | that predicts the arrival and subsequent suffering of Jesus, but scholars have a very different |
| 0:21.7 | understanding of the book, one that's firmly rooted in the purpose of Hebrew prophecies. |
| 0:26.6 | Stay tuned for that and much more. |
| 0:32.6 | Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. |
| 0:35.6 | The only show, where a six-time New York Times best-selling |
| 0:39.3 | author and world-renowned Bible scholar, uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New |
| 0:45.1 | Testament, the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity. I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's |
| 0:51.8 | begin. |
| 1:00.0 | So does the Book of Isaiah actually predict the coming and suffering of Jesus, as many Christians believe, |
| 1:02.3 | or is it talking about something else entirely? |
| 1:05.0 | Here to answer, as always, the wonderful Bart German. |
| 1:07.3 | But before that, Bart, how are you doing today? |
| 1:09.0 | Doing well, thanks. |
| 1:18.5 | Moving solidly into summer, when this is playing, I will be in England, where it's not hot and humid, as it probably is in Maryland. |
| 1:21.6 | If you're lucky, it will be mildly warm. |
| 1:22.7 | Yes, right. |
| 1:23.5 | How are you? |
| 1:24.5 | Okay. |
| 1:28.6 | And every time I mention the weather, someone in the comments tells me that I should move to Florida. There's a reason I don't live in Florida or really any further south than |
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